The light-hearted Dance of the Cygnets, also known as Dance of the Little Swans , which involves 16 pas de chat performed by four dancers moving sideways in exact unison with their arms interlaced. Demonstrated below by the legendary Anna Pavlova. It was also the inspiration for the thriller Black Swan above starring Natalie Portman; and the music itself has been used in numerous iconic films, including Dracula , The Mummy and Phantom of the Opera Keep up with the top stories from Reader's Digest by subscribing to our weekly newsletter.
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Petersburg newspapers were positive. Even more surprising, the ballet was performed only four times in and The ballet belonged solely to Legnani until she left St. Petersburg for her native Italy in Throughout the long and complex performance history of Swan Lake the edition of Petipa, Ivanov, and Drigo has served as the version from which many stagings have been based. Also Baron von Stein, his wife, and Freiherr von Schwarzfels and his wife were no longer identified on the program.
Princess Odette is the lead ballerina role. Odette also appears in many adaptations of the ballet. She appears in the second and fourth acts, though she also makes a minor appearance in the third act when she appears as a vision during the Ball. As the heroine of the story, she has been transformed into a swan by Von Rothbart and can only regain her human form at night. The only way for the spell to be broken is by the power of eternal love between Odette and a young man who will remain faithful to her, for if the vow of eternal love is broken, she will remain a swan forever.
When Odette falls in love with Prince Siegfried, hope for her freedom has come at last, until Siegfried is tricked into breaking his vow by Von Rothbart, trapping Odette as a swan forever. To escape the spell, Odette chooses to die and Siegfried chooses to die with her; the lovers drown themselves in the lake and are reunited forever in death.
Prince Siegfried is the lead male ballet dancer role. Like Odette and Von Rothbart, he appears in many adaptations of the ballet, although he has a different name in almost every one, despite retaining some or all of his characteristics. Out of all the characters in the ballet, Siegfried is the only one to appear on all four acts. He is a young Prince, full of bright spirit and enthusiasm, and seems to have little interest in his royal role. He clearly cares more for socialising, merry events and sporting activities, as shown when he is celebrating his 21st birthday with his best friend, Benno and his tutor, Wolfgang.
When his mother, the Queen tells him he must soon marry, he refuses because he has not yet found a woman of his preference. His favourite hobby is hunting, so to end his birthday celebrations, he and Benno head into the forest on a hunting expedition with their companions. However, everything takes an ironic twist on this expedition, for deep in the forest, Siegfried and his friends arrive at a lake, where Siegfried spots a beautiful swan wearing a crown.
But before he can shoot it, the swan transforms into the most beautiful girl he has ever seen: Princess Odette, the Queen of the Swans. Struck by her beauty, Siegfried falls in love with her at once. She tells him her story, explaining that she is under a spell of the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart. He invites her to attend a Ball at his castle and promises to choose her as his bride, but everything takes a turn for the worst.
On the night of the Ball, Siegfried is thinking of nothing but Odette, and after rejecting various potential brides in her favour, he is overjoyed when she finally arrives.
Suspecting nothing, Siegfried falls for the trickery and pledges eternal love to Odile, thinking she is Odette and now all seems lost. Siegfried follows Odette back to the lake and begs her to forgive him, swearing that he loves her only.
Unwilling to live without her, Siegfried chooses to die with Odette and the lovers throw themselves into the lake, reuniting in death for all eternity.
She only appears in the third act, usually dressed in black though in the production, she did not wear black and magically disguised as Odette in order to help her father trick Siegfried into breaking his vow of love to Odette. There are also some productions where Odette and Odile are danced by two different ballerinas. Search Search the site Close. Swan Lake - The Story. A palace terrace by a lake. ACT I Next day. The palace gardens. The lake. The palace ballroom.
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